Social entrepreneurship

 the attempt to draw upon business techniques to find solutions to social problems. Thisbe applied to a variety of organizations with different sizes, aims, and beliefs. concept may 

Conventional entrepreneurs typically measure performance in profit and return, but social entrepreneurs also take into account a positive return to society. Social entrepreneurship typically attempts to further broad social, cultural, and environmental goals often associated with the voluntary sector.[3] At times, profit also may be a consideration for certain companies or other social enterprises.

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1 Modern definition

2 History

3 Current practice

3.1 Major organizations

3.2 Types of social entrepreneurship

4 International presence

5 Role of technology

6 Public opinion

6.1 Controversy

7 See also

8 References

9 Further reading

Modern definition[edit]                                                                                                                               

There are continuing arguments over precisely who counts as a social entrepreneur. Thus far, there has been no consensus on the definition of social entrepreneurship, so many different sorts of fields and disciplines are associated with social entrepreneurship. Philanthropists, social activists, environmentalists, and other socially oriented practitioners are referred to as social entrepreneurs. The fact that social entrepreneurs fall under various career types is part of the reason it is difficult to determine who is truly a social entrepreneur. David Bornstein (author) has even used the term "social innovator" interchangeably with social entrepreneur, due to the creative, non-traditional strategies that many social entrepreneurs use.[4] For a clearer definition of what social entrepreneurship entails, it is necessary to set the function of social entrepreneurship apart from other socially oriented activities and identify the boundaries within which social entrepreneurs operate. Some have advocated restricting the term to founders of organizations that primarily rely on earned income–meaning income earned directly from paying consumers. Others have extended this to include contracted work for public authorities, while still others include grants and donations.

Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank

Social entrepreneurship in modern society offers an altruistic form of entrepreneurship that focuses on the benefits that society may reap.[6] Simply put, entrepreneurship becomes a social endeavor when it transforms social capital in a way that affects society positively. It is viewed as advantageous because the success of social entrepreneurship depends on many factors related to social impact that traditional corporate businesses do not prioritize. Social entrepreneurs recognize immediate social problems, but also seek to understand the broader context of an issue that crosses disciplines, fields, and theories. Gaining a larger understanding of how an issue relates to society allows social entrepreneurs to develop innovative solutions and mobilize available resources to affect the greater global society. Unlike traditional corporate businesses, social entrepreneurship ventures focus on maximizing gains in social satisfaction, rather than maximizing profit gains.[8] Both private and public agencies worldwide have had billion-dollar initiatives to empower deprived communities and individuals. Such support from organizations in society, such as government-aid agencies or private firms, may catalyze innovative ideas to reach a larger audience.

Prominent individuals associated with the term include Pakistani Akhter Hameed Khan and Bangladeshi Muhammad Yunus. Yunus was the founder of Grameen Bank, which pioneered the concept of microcredit for supporting innovators in multiple developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He received a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. Others, such as former Indianapolis mayor Stephen Goldsmith addressed social efforts on a local level by using the private sector to provide city services.

SoftLayer

 dedicated server, managed hosting and cloud computing provider. Founded  was acquired by IBM 

1 History

2 Spam problem

3 References

4 External links

History[edit]                                                                                                                                                    

GI Partners acquired a majority equity stake in SoftLayer in August In November  SoftLayer merged with The Planet Internet Servicesand consolidated the customer base under the SoftLayer brand.[8] In Q1 2011, the company reported hosting more than 81,000 servers for more than customers in locations throughout the United States.

In July  the company announced plans for international expansion to Amsterdam and Singapore to add to the existing network of US-based data centers in Dallas, San Jose, Seattle, Querétaro, Houston and Washington, D.C. Most of these data centers were leased via Digital Realty Trust. As of May  the company has  data centers in 11 different countries.

On June  IBM announced its acquisition of SoftLayer to form an IBM Cloud Services Division. At the time of acquisition, Softlayer was described as the biggest privately held cloud infrastructure provider (IaaS) in the world

Make-A-Wish Foundation

is a non-profit organization founded in the United States that arranges experiences described as "wishes" to children with life-threatening medical conditions.In order to qualify for a wish, the child must be between the ages of at the time of referral. It is the child's physician that ultimately decides if a child is eligible.

The national headquarters and founding chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation are in Phoenix, Arizona. The organization grants wishes through its 61 chapters located throughout the US. Make-A-Wish also operates in 45 other countries around the world through 38 affiliate offices. The President and CEO of Make-A-Wish America is David A. Williams.

Boston University

The university has more thanaculty members and  students, and is one of Boston's largest employers. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through eighteen schools and colleges on two urban campuses. The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and  while the Boston University Medical Campus is in Boston's South End neighborhood.

BU is categorized as an RU/VH Research University (very high research  in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education and the Association of American Universities.

The university counts seven Nobel Laureates, twenty-three Pulitzer Prize winners, nine Academy Award winners, and several Emmy and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. BU also has MacArthur, Sloan, and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences members among its past and present graduates and faculty.

The Boston University Terriers compete in the NCAA's Division I. BU athletic teams compete in the Patriot League, and Hockey East conferences, and their mascot is the Boston Terrier. Boston University is well known for men's hockey, in which it has won five national championships, most recently in 

London Business School

London Business School  is a graduate business school and a constituent college of the University of London, located in central London, England. It was established in after the Franks Report recommended the establishment of two business schools. Since inception,  has become one of the top business schools in the world and benchmarks its programs against those of Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, and Booth.

LBS offers various academic programmes including the Masters of Business Administration (MBA and  Sloan Fellowship for experienced business executives  Masters in Finance Masters in Management for students with up to two years of work experience  PhD, and non-masters classes for business executives.

Over degree students from  countries graduate from the school each year. A further executives attend the school executive education programmes each year. The school has over alumni in more than  countries, organised through 65-plus alumni clubs.

The school holds the European Foundation for Management Development Equis, accreditation as well as that of the AACSB and AMBA.The MBA, Executive MBA, Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy, and Master's in Management programme are accredited through 

Johns Hopkins University

research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in  the university was named after its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins.million bequesof which half financed the establishment of The Johns Hopkins Hospita was the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United States at the time. Daniel , who was inaugurated as the institution's first president on February  led the university to revolutionize higher education in the by integrating teaching and research.

Johns Hopkins is organized into ten divisions on campuses in Maryland and Washington, D.C. with international centers in Italy, China, and Singapore.The two undergraduate divisions, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering, are located on the Homewood campus in Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood. The medical school, the nursing school, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health are located on the Medical Institutions campus in East Baltimore. The university also consists of the Peabody Institute, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, the education school, the Carey Business School, and various other facilities.

The first research university in the United States and a founding member of the American Association of Universities, Johns Hopkins has been considered one of the world’s top universities throughout its history. The University stands among the top  in US News' Best National Universities Rankings and top  on a number of international league tables.Over the course of almost y, thirty-six Nobel laureates and a United States president havbeen affiliated with Johns Hopkins.Fouded in he Blue Jays men’s lacrosse team has captured national titles and joined the Big Ten Conference as an affiliate member in 

Cornell University

located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in  by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, a popular Ezra Cornell quotation: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study

The university is broadly organized into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions at its main Ithaca campus, with each college and division defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy. The university also administers two satellite medical campuses, one in New York City and one in Education City, Qatar

Cornell is one of three private land grant universities in the nation and the only one in New York. Of its seven undergraduate colleges, three are state-supported statutory or contract colleges through the State University of New York  ystem, including its agricultural and veterinary colleges. As a land grant college, it operates a extension outreach program in every county of New York and receives annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions.[8] The Cornell University Ithaca Campus comprises 745 acres, but is much larger when the Cornell Plantations (more than  are considered, as well as the numerous university-owned lands in New York City.

Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational, non-sectarian institution where admission has not been restricted by religion or race. Cornell counts more than  living alumni, and its former and present faculty and alumni includeMarshall Scholars, 29 Rhodes Scholars, Gates Scholars, and 44 Nobel laureates. The student body consists of nearly 1undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 American states and countrie